What is NEESacademy?

NEESacademy is the NEES network's online destination for education and outreach. This means you'll find videos, games, and other multimedia, as well as information about what it takes to become an earthquake engineer.

What is available on NEESacademy?

NEESacademy is separated into four key sections that are tailored for our major audiences: students, teachers, professionals, and the public.

Teachers can find lessons, videos and other resources to bring engineering into the classroom. Professionals and NEES researchers will find training manuals, webinars, and links to our online collaboration software.

Highlighted NEESacademy Programs

Research Experiences for Undergraduates About the Program

NEESreu participants work with NEES researchers, attend virtual trainings with other NEESreu interns, and participate in enrichment activities including an orientation session at one of the labs and the Young Researchers Symposium at the end of the summer. Learn more about past and current REU programs

Engineering Projects in Community Service About the Program

EPICS is a unique program in which teams of undergraduates are designing, building, and deploying real systems to solve engineering-based problems for local community service and education organizations. The NEES EPICs team project is the creation of a low-cost educational shake table to be used for simulations. EPICS was founded at Purdue University in Fall 1995. Learn more....

Make Your Own Earthquake About the Program

This collection of activities and simulations can be used to teach characteristics of earthquake motion and how earthquakes affect structures. Through a crafted set of learning modules that utilize low cost equipment, students will experience what it is like to be a real earthquake engineer!

NEES Ambassadors / NEES Undergraduate Research Pathway Program About the Program

These two programs recruit underrepresented minority students from universities across the nation and expose them to NEES programs and to the academic engineering community. Program activities prepare students for careers in STEM fields, and provide a career path to earthquake engineering. Learn more...

Research to Practice About the Program

The Research to Practice webinar series focuses on the outcomes of NEES research and their significance to engineering design and construction. The content of the webinars are designed to appeal to both practitioners and researchers. Webinars are broadcast every couple of months and are archived here for continued access.

NEES Community Contributions About the Program

All 14 NEES laboratory sites contributed to the education, outreach, and training (EOT) mission of the network. Sites and outreach coordinators not only served their universities and local teacher and practitioner communities, they designed EOT activities and curriculum for use by STEM educators anywhere. Learn more...

Museum Exhibits and Events About the Program

NEES has partnered with several museums to have interactive displays dealing with the science of earthquakes, tsunamis and earthquake engineering related topics. View a list of exhibits and events.

Assessment and Evaluation About the Program

In this section you will find tools and strategies to help you craft your own assessment and evaluation tools. You will find resources on assessment theories and assessment tools that we have used in our activities.